Ecowas: Milestones in Regional Intergration
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Busy Corporations: The Effects of Corporations on the Environment and the Public
Markus Craig
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Craig, Markus, "Busy Corporations: The Effects of Corporations on the Environment and the Public" (1996). Nebraska Anthropologist. Paper 91. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro/91
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Busy Corporations: The Effects of Corporations on the Environment and the Public
Markus Craig
This paper is the result of one semester 's research into the external costs of corporate structure, detailing some of the corporate business practices, their inherent implications, and effects on the environment and on people. This paper helps unravel the adversarial relationship between modem corporations and the environmental and labor movements in the US, concentrating on a survey of the literature of the last two decades and isolates some major themes fundamental to an understanding of this important debate.
It seems that, at every tum, industry is in conflict with the natural world around it. Both humans and the environment seem to be under a never-ending onslaught from the economic community. From the tropical rainforests, to the oceans to the streets of urban America, massive financial corporations such as ADM and Mitsubishi are using loopholes in the tax codes, as well as the influence of monetary contributions to public officials, to exploit the natural world: "I feel strongly that there are lots of notorious things going on to make money-things that
DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Nebraska Anthropologist Anthropology, Department of
1-1-1996
Busy Corporations: The Effects of Corporations on the Environment and the Public
Markus Craig
Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro Part of the Anthropology Commons
Craig, Markus, "Busy Corporations: The Effects of Corporations on the Environment and the Public" (1996). Nebraska Anthropologist. Paper 91. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro/91
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Anthropology, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Nebraska Anthropologist by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
Busy Corporations: The Effects of Corporations on the Environment and the Public
Markus Craig
This paper is the result of one semester 's research into the external costs of corporate structure, detailing some of the corporate business practices, their inherent implications, and effects on the environment and on people. This paper helps unravel the adversarial relationship between modem corporations and the environmental and labor movements in the US, concentrating on a survey of the literature of the last two decades and isolates some major themes fundamental to an understanding of this important debate.
It seems that, at every tum, industry is in conflict with the natural world around it. Both humans and the environment seem to be under a never-ending onslaught from the economic community. From the tropical rainforests, to the oceans to the streets of urban America, massive financial corporations such as ADM and Mitsubishi are using loopholes in the tax codes, as well as the influence of monetary contributions to public officials, to exploit the natural world: "I feel strongly that there are lots of notorious things going on to make money-things that
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